The weird western survival game Hunt: Showdown has some big and possibly controversial changes. Update 1.9 is now live on the Hunt: Showdown test server and includes changes to weapon balance, spawns, matchmaking, performance, audio systems, and more.
One of the biggest updates in 1.9 is improved player movement. Crytek is making changes to the Hunt: Showdown game servers and clients that should reduce the amount of player desynchronization in the game.
Update 1.9 also includes some performance improvements for servers and clients. On the server side, Crytek claims to have fixed some dedicated server crashes and made other improvements that should reduce the frequency of crashes. In the game client, the developer claims to have improved performance, which should address some of the frame rate drops and stutters reported by players in recent months.
Hunt’s team says they’re also testing some improvements to the sound of gunshots: The goal is to make it easier to spot a shot inside or outside, even from a long distance, simply by the sound it makes.
One potentially controversial change in patch 1.9 is the introduction of a ping limit of 225. Servers above this will appear red and be banned, but Crytek says it’s working to ensure all players have at least one region where they can play. Also, groups of players will still be able to play together even if one or more of the members has a higher ping, but the game will warn the group that they may not be having the optimal experience.
The full patch notes are available on Steam and include some other pretty big changes: DeSalle, for example, has a new minimum distance of 110 meters between player respawns, and the Bounty Hunt match time has been reduced from 60 minutes to 45. minutes. – Crytek says that only 1% of matches are longer than 45 minutes.
There are also a number of weapon rebalancings, though you can probably expect some tweaks while the patch is on the Hunt: Showdown test server.
Source : PC Gamesn
